Thomas to get the start

According to Joe Haggerty of CSN, Tim Thomas will be starting in net today. Claude Julien does not usually like to play a goaltender on back-to-back days, so the 4 goals allowed yesterday by Rask (none his fault) are not the reason for the switch. Also Haggerty tweets that Jordan Caron will be in the lineup. Here is the rest of the lineup

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Wheeler-Bergeron-Caron

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Marchand-Campbell-Thornton

With Caron inserted into the lineup, Daniel Paille will be the healthy scratch. Paille played a horrible game yesterday and single-handedly allowed the third goal- allowing Upshall a clean breakaway from the Bruins blue line. Hopefully Julien continues to hold players accountable for their actions as the season continues. Now is the time to give the young players the opportunity to show their skill, especially at the expense of underperforming, overpaid wingers (also see Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler).

UPDATE: According to the Boston Globe, Andrew Ference is already nursing an injury. Ference is being paid as a top 4 defenseman on this team, and granted, he could be. However, the guy is never healthy and would have never received that much money or that many years on the open market. Just another questionable move in Chiarelli’s recent contract history.

Honestly, I am not trying to take anything away from timmy, but tuukka got such a bad deal. This team was like night and day, had we played like this yesterday, it would have looked better. Timmy played well, aside from the luck, but rask is who needs to be in the net

i always thought the islanders would be a good fit. they need to take on money, and ryder/tavares could work out well. blake comeau is a guy that still has upside and could be a cheap player that could imitate ryders potential numbers.

Did I read that correctly….Andrew Ference is injured….nooo…..really?
Fucking Brutal…..Chia is now in a tough spot!
Hunwick, Wheeler and a pick for Kaberle?
We need defence, and throw Bartkowski in Hunwicks spot.
They need a top d man to solidify this defence, especially without Ramsey in the system!

Agreed…..but something is going to happen soon. If Ference is down and out, along with the slugish start, will have to trade to solidify this d corp:

Chara-Boychuck
Seidenberg-Kaberle?(Someone)
Stuart-Bartkowski

As well as the forwards….I mean really, we have Savvy and Sturm coming back. Will Caron go back down? Will they get rid of Paille? the forwards are good right now but add last years top scorer and savvy?

Seriously. Ryder looked great and if Wheeler just sticks to shooting and stays away from trying to make plays he’ll be fine. Hunwick wasn’t all that bad either, and we have enough depth in Providence to replace him if need be. We saw what Caron could do in place of Paille. Hell, even Marchand looked capable.

If the Bruins remember that they are actually hockey players and CAN skate, there will be plenty of 3-0 wins in the future. Changing the roster could only hurt us at this point.

this comment is adressed to MOAST, we dont knw for sure if savard will even be coming back and if he does we might have good enough chemistry to be honest in the playoffs with the exception of the ot goal in game 1, he sucked and shoouldnt have rushed back to ice time. as for getting kabrele, we have cap issues as it is idont think we can afford to take on another 4.25 million

Understandable….but I am meaning that they have a full roster right now and at some point will need to fit in Sturm (top scorer last year), and Savard (will be a ppg player again). This means that two of the roster spots will have to be moved or back to the minors. This is where my dilema is at. I don’t want to see Caron in the minors and it also seems like Marchand and Ryder are playing pretty good too.
My point was that the top 6 d on this team aren’t that good. I’d love to see this:

Chara-Boychuk
Seidenburg-?
Stuart-Bartkowski

Bartkowski replaces Hunwick and Ference can go fuck himself…..yah he is good but is too fragile to rely on.

So with the addition of two top forwards, they will have to move someone. Why not trade one of the forwards along with Hunwick/ference and picks/prospects and get the top 4 player they need to make a cup run. I’m sure they can manage that under tha cap, depends on who they move.

The D looks awful and with Fragile Ference injured and the loss of Ransey……need a top 4 Dman.

I think I’m the only person here who is pro hunwick. When he starts scoring, and he will, you guys will see. His plus minus his first year was off the marks, soph slumps happen. I will admit he has clear giveaways but let him fall into a groove until your ready to throw him to the dogs

Underrated? I think it’s an ok stat to use in the right context. Just saying someone is probably a good all around player if they have a good +/- doesn’t cut it. You have to look at how good the team is at 5 on 5 play and the level of competition they faced.

Hunwick was a +15 but he did it on the best 5 on 5 team in the league while playing on a defense pairing that would almost never face top offensive competition.

It’s like Bergeron was an underwhelming +6 last year, but he did that while playing on a goal-starved team while facing the top offensive opponents every night.

Look the fact of the matter is this: We do need someone to step up and take control of that top 2 spot on D, whether in a trade or by someone taking command. I think Stuart could be that guy, keep in mind our Defense, for the most part, is still fairly young. Trading away a Hunwick (I’m not a huge fan of him right now either) or someone before we see what they have the potential to be would be stupid. Give it time, I think Stuart is about to have a big year and very well could take a top D spot. I’m not against trading Ference because he is WAY too fragile for the NHL. I do, like Willisss, however think it is WAY too early to be overly concerned with trades and dropping certain guys. Give it some time, let everyone have a chance to settle back in on North American soil and play some games. The Bruins are going to be a team to beat in the Northeast this season, they just need to figure the system out again and make it work.

Surely I’m not the only one who think Seidenberg is a Top 2 D-man. I also think that Boychuk and Stuart have the potential to be top 2 D-men. We have Bartkowski in Providence and Hunwick will either come around or be shipped out. Is 2 games in the time to evaluate where Hunwick is going? No. Do I think at some point a trade will be made? Probably. But it’s useless and unfaithful to our B’s to speculate right now. They looked like cup winners on Sunday. Show some support!

im not ready to blow up the team im ready to get rid of the dead weight and dead salary cap space to IMPROVE the team i know they have only played 2 games, but if those two are a sign of wahts to come its discusting. they can lose 5-2 and then beat the same team 3-0 the next game? thats not very consistant, and the way to win in this league is to be consistant every single game. and as for the dip shit part, im pretty sure i know more about hockey than you besides how old are you anyways

hey backbruin, the leafs won 3 games out of 82. you got your parade-planning notebook out?

that’s still a top-10 pick.

hey let’s trade noone. we can’t have a team with 20 superstars. let these guys get a few games under their belt, then we’ll see. worst case scenario is cam straps on some pads and plays RW with seguin and wheeler.

oates, ranford and tocchet to washington for allison, carter and the net detective. maybe the caps will throw-in lee goren…who knows.

ps guys, i work for the bridgeport sound tigers, and i coached a peewee team 2 years ago for community service. also, i used to fill up the water bottles for my older brothers high school team. SO I THINK I KNOW ALOT MORE ABOUT THE NHL AND WHAT EVERY TEAM IS ABOUT TO DO THIS SEASON. THE BRUINS ARE 1-1 AND LOOK AWFULLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! OMGGG

jesus! williss, i think there might be a job opening with some team in fort wayne; if your interested… eklund is reporting E5 that their coach is going to be fired for “imitating” that “i-am-sam” movie everyday.

Lol I love how Leafs fans are chirping Bruins fans about Kessel during one of his streaks. It’s cute how they still don’t realize what kind of player Kessel is. I predict that late November they’ll be calling for his head when he’s put up 1 goal in the last 15 games.